Year: 2014

Today on the Amazing Race we travelled from PEI to Manitoba.  We learned about the First Nations and Métis people who live in Manitoba, and how important the bison was to their traditional way of life.  The bison is a symbol of Manitoba, found on the coat of arms and flag.  The challenge today was to identify how aboriginal people used all parts of the bison, including the meat, bones, skin, horns, hooves, and even the dung!  This really stretched our brains, to figure out what body parts might be used for clothing, spoons, sled runners, and glue (especially tricky!)

If you’d like to explore more about the provinces we’ve visited, or play some geography games, check out the Canada page on my Symbaloo.

Today Division 6 &  7 took off on a race around Canada!  During January and February we will be visiting each province and territory and completing a challenge in each!

Our first stop was all the way on the other side of the country in Prince Edward Island.  We visited Green Gables, famous as the home of Anne of Green Gables.  The challenge was to create ice cream without using a freezer.  With the help of some ziploc bags, coffee cans, ice, and rock salt, we made our own homemade ice cream.  It was messy, but lots of fun!

Many national historic sites are available online to explore using Google street view.  Take a look around to explore Green Gables (just click on “more” then choose “street view”).

Where will we travel next… stay tuned!